District 19A Monthly Newsletter

~ Visitations, One Successful District Fundraisers,

Two `New` Clubs to be Installed and an Entertaining Council of Governors

Meeting ~

- 2016 Started with a Bang ! -

Dear fellow Lions, Lionesses & Leos in District

19A:

A number of our Clubs completed successful

Christmas Tree & Chip-up Fundraising projects in

early January and I managed to visit most

operations. Zone A-1 also held a well attended 2nd

Zone Meeting and as I continue to visit all our

Clubs I was also happily handed cheques towards our District

Fundraising project for our VGH & UBC Hospitals Eye Care Centre

for the purchase of a Pure Point Laser Retinopexy System. Our aim

was to collect somewhere between $30,000 and $40,000; may I

happily inform you that over $37,000 has now been collected.

The Pacific Dogwood - Provincial flower of British Columbia

Jan & Feb 2016 Issue 5

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2015-2016 LEADERS

District Governor

Eric Keller Ambleside Tiddlycove Lions Club

1st Vice District Governor

Simon Yau Vancouver Broadway Lions Cub

2nd Vice District Governor

Grace Hwo Vancouver East Lions Club

Immediate Past District Governor

Jimmy Ho Vancouver Metropolitan Lions Club

Cabinet Secretary/Treasurer

Clara Chow Vancouver Diamond Lions Club

ZC Patricia Tseng (A1) Vancouver Pacific New Century Lions Club

ZC George Sim (A2) Ambleside Tiddlycove Lions Club

ZC Dave Herd, PDG (A3) Granisle Lions Club

ZC Rodney Proskiw (A4) Prince Rupert Lions Club

ZC Bob Regnerus (A6) Sunshine Coast Lions Club

Alex Wong (A7) Vancouver Diamond Lions Club

Lois Brodie (A9) Burnaby Lougheed Lions Club

Bulletin Editor

PZC Angela Lam

From Right to Left: Dr. Maberley, DG Eric Keller, Function Chairperson PDG Shella Keung and VGH/UBC Foundation Rep Kevin Truong

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Together with an LCIF Grant our Eye Care Centre can indeed obtain this excellent machine for the

benefit of many, many patients, especially our Children. I must congratulate our District Project

Chair, Shella Keung for her endless enthusiasm and energy

together with many other Lions, phoning Clubs, making sure our

Fundraiser Banquet was fully subscribed. And it was ! 245

Lions, VIPs, Guests & Sponsors filled the Continental Restaurant

and almost 40 Clubs

participated. It was wonderful to

describe this Eye Care Project

as I travelled all over our

District and many Clubs

donated – some in modest

amounts, others generously

and a few very generously.

Please allow me to mention my

home Club, those crazy

Tiddlycove Guys, who took a

major Sponsor position of

$10,000 and filled a table. Well, Helen Keller who challenged our

Lions to be: Knights of the Blind in a Crusade against

Darkness would surely be proud and as my name is Eric

Keller, of course we could only succeed ! Please peruse Dr. Maberley’s letter – UBC Head of the

Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences.

The official DG visitations have reached 49 Clubs. The Chinatown Lioness Club is always a fun Club

to join at the Kirin Restaurant and my meeting with our youthful Vancouver Galaxy Lions in the

private dining room at the Salt Building in the Olympic Village was most enjoyable. Our Burrard Club

in the renewed Bessborough Armoury Captains Quarters always provides many prizes and my

luncheon meeting with Yaletown Lions at the Provence Restaurant was very well attended and a

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Members from the Vancouver Chinatown Lions Club at the District Project Fundraising Event

PZC Gary Ferris accepting an appreciation plaque on behalf of top sponsor club, Ambleside Tiddlycove

Entertainment at the District Fundraiser was provided free of charge by Lioness Samantha Siu of the Vancouver China-town Lioness Club

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nice cheque donated to our Eye Care project. Vancouver Templeton NC listened intently to my

presentation at the Campbell Ave Clubhouse and kindly presented Katrina a lovely bouquet of tulips.

Vancouver Cathay’s visit coincided with their New Year’s Celebration Dinner and over 50 joined in.

Thanks for your Club shirt, Pres. Elaine and she received a Centennial Club Organization Certificate

+ a Guiding Lion Medal. Well done ! I must not forget our Arbutus Club which received a *New Club

Sponsor* badge for their assistance in the formation of our new Vancouver Northern Star Club. And

talking of new Clubs: Vancouver Northern Star Lions shall be inducted and installed on March 1st and

our Sunshine Lions on March 4th. Welcome Ladies & Gentlemen to District 19A and Lions

International !!

Now the other good news – April 29 & 30th: Our Spring Conference Chair, PDG Cecil, has been

instrumental in keeping our Conference costs and accommodation package to a minimum. Would you

believe the entire registration, fun night, lunch & banquet is offered at $90.00. And the refurbished

rooms at our West End Empire Landmark Hotel can be reserved for $75 & $85 (+ taxes) Canadian.

Outstanding – certainly the best value in all of MD19 and I have checked all the other Conferences.

So please come and join us together with many MD19 Lions, Leos, Guests & VIPs. Ambleside is

handling the Friday Fun Night and those who joined in our Shella-Price-is-Right event in 2013 shall

remember how successful that was. This Fun night shall have a similar flavour with lots of prizes.

On February 19 & 20th I ventured to Vancouver, WA (just across from Portland, OR) to attend our 2nd

Council of Governors meeting together with VDG Simon, PCC Polly & PDG Shella. It seemed

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Official visitation to Vancouver Burrard Lions Club

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a bit strange to leave early in the morning from Vancouver, drive 6.5 hours only to arrive in

Vancouver ! And the traffic along the Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia corridor can be quite brutal.

Nevertheless, seeing all the District Governors again and many PDGs and Lions International members

was great. Each of us was allowed 3 to 5 minutes to

deliver a State of the District message highlighting

progress and success stories. I concentrated on our just

completed Fundraiser and my travels all over Western B.C.

There can be no doubt but that our District 19A is one of

the most complicated geographic areas to visit with

all our many Clubs. On our way back four of us DGs joined in the Burlington Lions annual Roast Beef

dinner just south of Bellingham which was excellent and more than 200 Lions filled the Eagles Hall. I do

appreciate the International aspects in our Lions Organization and the many friends you make, maintain

and meet again and again. That *Fellowship* is most rewarding !!

Yours in Service & Fellowship,

Eric R. Keller. * 1250 * - Yes, we Can ! District Governor

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“Monopoly” Fundraiser benefitting the Canadian Cancer Society, co-hosted by three clubs, the Vancouver Chinatown Li-ons Club, the Vancouver Chinatown New Century Lions Club and the Vancouver Legacy Lions Club on January 31, 2016 at the Terminal City Club.

( L ) District Governor Eric at the door ( R ) District Governor Eric with winner of Best Period Piece Costume, PDG Cecil Fung.

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Head of the UBC Department of Ophthalmology, UBC

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…..Our forefathers made a wise choice in 1968 to name our grant-making arm Lions Clubs International Foundation. This entity is indeed the main support of what Lions do. It embodies our fundamental principles. It’s our sturdy, reliable base for Lions’ service.

Lions clubs could conceivably function without LCIF, but the world would be much less pleasant place….. LCIF is a brilliant, remarkably effective way for Lions to multiply our impact. It’s the way we pool our resources and channel our good will. It’s our tool for clubs to serve on a much larger scale than they could do on their own.

Please continue to generously fund LCIF, as Lions have done for nearly half a century. Help Lions help others through LCIF.

~Excerpt from LCI website on President’s Message:T

Message from President Jitsuhiro

Greetings Lions I would like to draw your attention to an article in the recent Lions Magazine, February 2016, page 11. The magazine is reminding us of the integrity of the Lions Clubs International Foundation, your foundation. The article says that “For the fourth consecutive year, Charity Navigator, an independent charity evaluator, recently awarded LCIF four stars, the highest ranking a charity can receive.” This is great news for us. It confirms what we already know. LCIF is a great way to help people around the world and at home when we apply for grants. Please ask your club to donate to LCIF. I realize that we only have so many funds to donate, but please make a donation to LCIF, no matter of the size. Do you remember SightFirst? On the same page, page 11, there is an article that reports that LCIF is still working on elimination of River Blindness. The article says that “Mexico eliminates River blindness”. Our donated dollars were partly responsible for that . LCIF at work. Marilyn Martin District 19A LCIF Coordinator Marilyn.martin@telus.net 604 805-6501

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Betty Fraser

Vancouver Mt. Pleasant Lions Club

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G. Barrie Johnston

Lynn Valley Lions Club

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R.I.P

Vancouver Cathay Lions Club (A-1) $ 403 Vancouver Galaxy Lions Club (A-1) $ 1,000

Vancouver Shaughnessy Lions Club (A-1) $ 500 Ambleside Tiddlycove Lions Club (A-2) $3,000

North Vancouver Deep Cove Lions Club (A-2) $ 149 North Vancouver Host Lions Club (A-2) $ 373 Smithers Lions Club (A-3) $ 76

Prince Rupert Lions Club (A-4) $ 250 Vancouver Burrard Lions Club (A-7) $ 20

Vancouver Yaletown Lions Club (A-9) $ 1,612 Vancouver Pacific Lions Club (A-1) USD $2,000

Total for District 19A $9,384

April 29-30, 2016 District A Lions & Leos Conference Empire Landmark Hotel 1400 Robson Street, Vancouver Contact Chairperson PDG Cecil Fung (Tel) 604.961.3151 or cecilfung@me.com May 29, 2016 (Sunday) Purina Walk for Dog Guides Larcano Beach Park Contact: Ping Mah, Vancouver Shaugnessy Lions Club (Tel) 604.340.9162 or exclusive@direct.ca June 24-28, 2016 The 99th Annual Lions International Convention Fukuoka, Japan Go to the LCI website for registration

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2016-2017 Candidate(s)

By-Law Changes

Vancouver Northern Star Lions Club

Charter Night Celebration on March 1, 2016

Vancouver Sunshine Lions Club

Charter Night Celebration on March 4, 2016

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Ambleside Tiddlycove Lions Club (A2)

Peter Birrell Jaimie Watts

Lynn Valley Lions Club (A2)

Henry Zarifeh

Pender Harbour Lions Club (A6) Valerie Silvey

Nathaniel Johnson

Powell River Lions Club (A6) Jessica Gerner Andrea Paquette

Sunshine Coast Lions Club (A6)

Gail Carlson W. Douglas Carlson

Vancouver Cambie Lions Club (A1)

Suzanne Wong

Vancouver Chinatown Lions Club (A1) David Tam

Vancouver Diamond Lions Club (A7)

Francis Leung

Vancouver Diamond Campus Lions Club (A7) Lori Leung

Alarica Tang

Vancouver Diamond Millennial Lions Club (A7) Steven Liu

Vancouver Legacy Lions Club (A1)

Shujie Susan Li Yue Chun Li Rita Ren

Kam Chuen Wong Qian Wen Sammy Xiao

York Kong Yeung

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Vancouver Metropolitan Lions Club (A7)

Cindy Lin Michael Lou

Danny Shaodian Zhou

Vancouver Northern Star Lions Club (A7) Catherine Hui Frances Hui Jennifer Kim Sharon Lau Angel Leung Kwai Tim Li Peggy Lin Carlos Luk

Pamela Marr Sin Man Poon Yi Chuan Sang Tommy Tam Jeremy Wong Kason Wong

Vancouver Sunshine Lions Club (A7)

Tina Rong Guo Wei Wei

Vancouver Yaletown Lions Club (A9)

Christie Ssulnier

The District now has a total of 139 new members since the beginning of

July 2015

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Governor Eric ’s appreciation to PDG Shella Keung, District Project Chairperson

(R to L) District Governor Don Wight of 19H, PDG Shella Keung, PDG Judy Portas (19H Cabinet Secretary) & Governor Eric Keller

at the District Project Fundraiser Jan 23, 206

Governor Eric at the Vancouver Cathay New Century Lions Club’s Dart Tournament Fundraiser with President Biston Cheung in orange, with arms wide spread in the middle of the picture

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Governor’s Official visitation to Vancouver Renfrew Lions Club

Governor Eric with all the lady contestants of the period costume competition at the fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society, hosted jointly by 3 Lions Clubs: the Vancouver Chinatown Lions Club ,

the Vancouver Chinatown New Century Lions Club and the Vancouver Legacy Lions Club

Governor & Katrina in a should-be convertible (raining that day) at the Chinese New Year Parade, Chinatown

(Feb. 14, 2016)

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District Governor Eric was behind the camera taking a photo of the Vancouver Broadway Lions Club & the Vancouver Mt. Pleasant Lions Club’s tree chipping in Jan 2016. Over 15 volunteers from the Sea Cadets

helped out with this event at Kitsilano Beach

District Project Chairperson PDG Shella Keung presenting the major sponsor recognition to President Peter Black

of the Ambleside Tiddlycove Lions Club

5 Melvin Jones Fellowship Recipients from the Ambleside Tiddlycove Lions Club with ID Don Shove & DG Eric

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(1) DG visit with our Galaxy Lions at the Salt Building restaurant in the Olympic Village

(2) DG Visit to the Vancouver Templeton New Century Lions with Katrina and her bouquet of tulips

(3) DG Visit with North Vancouver Deep Cove Lions Club which is always very well attended. They are an active Club with continued good Membership

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